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Sick of Playing the Same Old Lead Lines? Here’s How Guitar Players Like Robert Fripp, Bill Frisell and Frank Zappa Broke the Mold By Patrick Brennan published 9 March 23 Learn to play “outside” by superimposing arpeggios over chord changes
Discover and Decode Todd Rundgren’s Unique Chordal Chemistry By Jesse Gress published 21 February 23 Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into TR’s harmonic architecture
Want to Branch Out with Some Jazz Fusion? Learn Oz Noy’s Harmonically Inventive “She’s Not There” Solo By Mike Swickis published 23 March 22 Retrace the jazz fusion master’s instrumental version of the Zombies’ 1964 classic here.
Break Out of Your Box with the CAGED System By Tom Kolb published 10 March 22 An introduction to the highly useful workings of this mysterious fretboard mapping theory.